Abstract
The distribution of pyroantimonate-precipitable inorganic cation was studied inAllium cepa root tips using the direct potassium pyroantimonate fixation procedure. An accumulation of cation-antimonate precipitates was found at the boundary with the cell wall, presumably at the site of the plasmalemma; it extends to numerous infoldings at the cytoplasmic side suggesting a form of pinocytosis. A few large intramitochondrial antimonate deposits were also found and may reflect cation transport into mitochondria. The observed sites of inorganic cation accumulation in the nucleus apparently correlate with its RNA synthetic activity and reside mainly in the nucleolus.
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